The Opelousas courier., 1887-04-16
proceedings of the Police Jury
OPELousAs. La. April II. 1887

OPELOUsAs, La, Aplll IL, 1ocf.
The Police Jury met pursuant to adjourn
ment Present Albert GuidrE, President;
Dubuissou, S. Haas and l.. Young.
The reading of the minutes OF the last meet
ing was dispensed with
4 petition from several residents OF Plai-
sance and neighbors OF Duooudre Ledou, was
structed not to work the road running east
aud west along the line of Ducoudre Ledoux
until said road has been laid OF according to
law. The petition was grauted
petition from numerous residents OIL
BAYOU Teche tLeunville aud Arnaudville) was
read. asking that tue public road running
from the Bayou to back oil the 10 arpeEta be
changed so as TO ruu thus: From tue Bayou
Teche road between AutuiDe Arnaud aud
Charles Clay, theuce between the lauds CT
Mrs. Valerie Olivier aud Luna Heoort to the
forty a.peuts depth-iustead or tue road
tiuu was granted
I'll. c. mmittes appointed 10 sell tue COZ
tract to build tue Morain bridge on the Vile
Plate aud Mamouth road. reported that they
sold the contract to j. B. Orteso, sr., accord
ing to law, for the gun Of Fifty Dollars Sot.
aud that tho work vas accepted by theiu,
when on motion the report was accepted, the
committee discharged, and the amount or
dered placed to the credit OF J. B ortego, 81
Mr, Geo o. Elms parish surveyor, eubmit-
ted the process verbal of tue official survey ot
the boundary ltnes between the Tarishet. OF
St. Laudry aud Acadia. which was ordered to
be recorded. TX
Messrs. T. S. smith, Ioussuiut Richard, 1e-
phirin Thibodeau, SylTeste Collisau, Etlenne
Darby, T. D. Richard and Abraham Smith,
we're appointed committee to determine the
exact location Of tue public road from Mrs
Fall TO the parish Iiue. aud report at tue uezt
meeting Of the Police Jury.
Mr. Joseph Remi Meiaueou Mas appointed
tur 1,if 20 n 0 IL
bert Gautt teAcusedl
The Clerk il instructed to uotity Air John
Couryiile, keeper of the ferry over The bayou
Cuurta tleau at Washington, that said Terry
will be discontinued from the expiration OF
the month which expires Oh The 9tb OF May
next, until further orders.
Resolved That tue parish treasurer ana
clerk Of the Police Jury be directed TO make
full and complete abstract OF the stdudlnS Oh
the parish 10 the 2lst day OF March, Iee|, ior
Tie purpose OF making 4 full aud complete
settlement with the parish of Acadia. III ac'
cordancs with tue Act authorizing tue crea-
tion of said parish. aud that Messls Joseph
Bloch, Edward Dubuissul aud L. 5, tonteuot
be appointed Il committee 10 act WITH IL ike
committee from tue paiisb VI Acadia 10 ascer.
tnin what amount may be due the parish OF
ST. Landry by tue parish uf Acadia, NJ WLat
amount may be due ts'e parish OF Acttdla oy
the parish Of st. Landry
Al appropriatis IL of $50 Was made t" repair
the bridge over kctttb 1850 Day" u'"te 49,
supervisiou Of the road overseer
ROAD OVERsEERS APPOINTED
Dubousquier Deiean-fr"m MARKS bridge TO
Joseph Camy; uo,.
Conrad Martin-frcw Boone's iaue to Grand
Prairie; w., , =.
.r,.n,,,,s,,, H;hm-Irou Buu,lreuuxs bridge to
5. Il. coruer Martiu pasture =,
A. st Audr6-frutu ), l.. c"tuef Mariaa pas
ture to tue road leIdiug I" Pot Cove, VIA
Cboteau bridge;
:, e. corucr to the rua.l ucar Pauliu CafFIese
TAX COLLECTORS REPORT.
Taxes Collected during February. viz:
Taxes 1885. 'Ys 1sc 80 -
Crimiual lax. -.-..-...---,'..'-.-.' iooo'
= sl,6l7 81
: Les Taxes RefuuIed. .--.S t20 e,e,
$ > oIu Commission oo.oo 9s'o'
u Ne due Parish --....-.. --..-. 81 'o9~'S'
e Messrs. Sailau, Youu. aud Gu!dry nav
Il ing t,ecu appointed committee TO eAanlhe
. The vouchers IN the bands Of tue treasure :!
!, renortcd through tneir chairman MI. eiil
II ran that they examined and counted lu'
e ~n,,el,nrs presented by the treasurer amount
u ;nr To 1851. so -Four Thousand Five Hun
It dred and Ihirty-0ne s0tl00 Dollars ds pc
5 ais statslnsnt filed that the amount CORES
II nnI,ded With itens iu tbs cash book; when pi
u motion IT. was resolved, Ihat tue vouchers "
u cancelled aud that the treasurer pave cieo.
q on the books of the parish Tor saiu anlounI
and the vouchers were cancelled accotuiuSly y
Messrs Perro.,iu. Gord"u aud Haas nav !, w
). bsan aunointed u committee 10 exalniue th
clams filed against the parlsh, iepo,ilo' ,i,'
thronyb their chairman Mr. Peirudin' tua
tbav exsmippl and found correct the toiso"
ing ciaiins s$na :,
Geo o. Elms, surveying 's'p0'o 20 - =
-, Dr.. w. M. Thompsou, medical expert. 3yo y
!, Be. Landry Democrat, blanks s.......' - dSg
Whitworti e. Co, lumber lss is, :
ID su Nil, ....... i9.e
Monnt Pleasant Mill .-.----.. io.s
p p. Saizau, spikes, &c.-....--.....- II:
j Meyers & CO.. spikes, &o.-...----. AZ i,t
y Sam Haas, -.-'';.:;
-. B. W. SwoHord aud l.. JohuSou. bai!d
:. ing bridge. 3o, ~,
I. s. T. Causey, building bridge.-.....-'. ~ ",
" ]. B. Roy, repairing bridge. 10 10
s. L. Hebrard, repairing bridge; ". ~
TheIisn,ar Richard, repairing bridge 10.
,u D. +. Stokes, %
~ a. Rsiber, plow bgokeu ou road-....- .
ID @. X. Brunson, spade brckeu Oh rvda !.
u. J. B, McClellaul, spikes -..-......... - I.
an Masseua Lahay, burrying paupsr. &C., ~ ~
:, DIR, j, 81. Parker. juror oa inquest tsia !!
The Police jury adjourned until TUG hl
Monday in July. being tho itb day CT u
u, mop'e' ALBERT GUIDRY,
Ss ..,est President
- ?. j. LErrsgaE, Clerk